Re: Topics for CIO discussion?

Indeed, the silliness of disclaimers is worthy of CIO-grade
hilarity. No way anything digital cannot be purloined, and no way
a digital system is not at fault for promising security and privacy
when the geeks know it's just not possible.

Disclaimers were invented to provide imaginary exculpability.

To be sure there is no way not to break the law, laws were
invented to assure the need for more laws.

I worked on a multi-billion dollar infrastructure for which every
single sheet, drawing, spec, letter were stamped with a disclaimer
aimed at anybody who got a piece of the paper mountain after
signing an NDA.

Meanwhile the computer networks on which the documents were
made available lacked rudimentary security, no control over those
who got access, employee turnover heavy, available over the
Internet.

The project is loudly touted as a premier terrorist target, yet had
no security measures against attack, instead it was marketed as
the reason huge amounts of additional anti-terrorism funding was
urgently needed.

Nobody loves to warn about threats like CIOs, the police, the military,
the preachers, the teachers, the parents, the lovers, all believers
in disclaimers for their fuck-ups.


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